Blade-holder.



' w;.H. HARRISS.

BLADE HOLDER. {\FPLICATIION FILED MAY-31.1916.

] mm Nov. 6, 1917.

a $4 L n amuamfoz wAnr/H. HARBISS, or iionsroiv, TEXAS.

IB LADE-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern Be it knownithat I, WADE H. HAnnrss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Houston, in thecounty of Harris and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in'jBlade-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to blade holders primarily adapted for holding safety razor blades during the stropplng action thereof.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of the above stated i the provision of a device of the above stated character wherein the'jaws constituting the clamp are each provided with a block adapted tobe engaged by an operating member, and thereby permanently holding the jaws of the clamp in clamping engagement with the safety razor blade.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thernovel features, detailsof construction and combinatlonof parts which will hereinafter be more fully set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing: I

Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view; and r Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the clamp, av portion of which being broken away, clearly illustrating the clamping position of the jaws with the safety razor blade.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing, in which like characters of, reference refer to corresponding parts in the several views, 5 denotes the holder generally, which comprises a cylindrical' hollow tubular handle 6 preferably constructed from sheet metal, and having theupper portion thereof stamped outand struckfinwardly in opposite directions to provide apa'ir ofspaced horizontally disposedbearings 7. Each of said bearings is provided with an opening 8 through which Specification of Letters Fatent. Application filed May 31, met Serial 110,100,818.-

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

projects the shank portion 9 of an operating member 10. handle} 6 and attached to the forward end 12 thereof in any preferred manner. This clamp 11 comprises 'a fixed member 13 and a movable member 14, each constructed of sheet metal material" and the member 13 is provided with aperturedangular flanges 15.

and 16. The flange 16 of the fixed member is attached to the end. 12 of the handle and disposing the aperture 17 thereof in longitudinal alinement with the threaded apertures 8 0f the bearings, for operatively re, ceiving the shank of the operating member 10; A pin 18 extends through the openings 19 of the angular flanges and passes through the apertured ears 20 and arranged longitudinally of the movable member 14, thereby pivotally connecting the movable member 14 to the fixed member 13 for lateral swinging movement. Each of the members 13 and 14 are so constructed to adapt a positive clamping of the safety razor blade 21 between the jaws 22' thereof, and the jaw of the movable member 14 is provided with in wardly bent spaced projections 2-3 adapted, upon the clamping action of the clamp, to protrude through the openings 24 of the razor blade and thereby assisting in firmly holding the blade within the clamp during the stropping or sharpening thereof.

The purpose of providing the operating member 10 is to cause the locking of the blade within the clamp, and to this end, each of the members 13 and 14 have formed on their inner surface, at a point substantially medially of the length thereof, blocks 25 tangular in cross section. The block 25 is provided with a beveled confronting face with which a similarly formed face 27' of the head 28 formed on the free end of the operating member 10 co-acts. Consequently, when it is desired to clampthe blade 21 within the holder, the thumb nut 29 of the operating member is rotated, thus retracting the head 28 thereof into engagement with the confronting faces of the blocks 25 and 25, causing the movable member 14 to rock in a lateral and inward direction and firmly locking the projections 23 of the clamping jaws 22 within the openings of the blade.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

A clamp 11 is carried by the x the advantages of construction and method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates, and While I have described the principles of operation of the invention, together with the device which I new consider to be the best embodiment thereof, ll desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are Within the scope of the claims appended thereto.

I claim:

1. A razor blade holder embodying a handle, ablade clamping jaw fixed at one end of said handle, a movable blade clamping jaw, a pin extending longitudinally of both jaws for pivotally connecting the movable jaw to the fixed jaw, blocks on the confronting faces of each jaw, an operating rod threadedly connected in said handle, a wedgeshaped head formed on one end 01E said rod, and means threadedly mounted on the operating rod for causing the Wedge-shaped head "oclr the movable jaw laterally a fit-10h toward the fixed jaw for hoping between the jaws a blade A razor blade holder embodying a handie, a blade clamping jaw fixed at one end of each jaw, an operating rod threadedly connected in said handle, a head formed on one, end of said rod, a plurality 01 laterally extending spaced projections formed on the movable blade clamping jaw, and means threadedly mounted on the operating rod for 40 causing the wedge-shaped head to co-act with the blocks to rock the movable laterally and in a direction toward the fixed jaw for projecting the projections through openings in the razor blade and establishing a clamping action of the blade between the jaws.

.ln testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

' WADE H. HARRISS. 

